APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING INFORMATION VIA REFLECTION OF BOTH VISIBLE AND NON-VISIBLE WAVELENGTH LIGHT FROM A SURFACE

An apparatus for assisting with determination of a surface condition of a road adjacent a vehicle, via both visible and non-visible wavelength light, is described. A housing enclosure includes a light-permeable lens. A visible wavelength light source for directing visible light through the housing e...

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Hauptverfasser:	HUDSPETH MATHEW AUSTIN, NEWTON ROBERT J, RIVAS ANTHONY LOUIS
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	chi ; eng
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT TESTING TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus for assisting with determination of a surface condition of a road adjacent a vehicle, via both visible and non-visible wavelength light, is described. A housing enclosure includes a light-permeable lens. A visible wavelength light source for directing visible light through the housing enclosure and out through the light-permeable lens onto a surface of the road is provided. An non-visible wavelength light source for directing non-visible light through the housing enclosure and out through the light-permeable lens onto a surface of the road is provided. A light receiver is provided for receiving a return light signal of at least one of visible and non-visible light reflected from the of the road and responsively producing a received-light signal. A method of at least partially detecting a surface condition of a road adjacent a vehicle is also provided. 本发明公开了一种经由可见波长光和不可见波长光两者来辅助确定邻近车辆的道路的表面状况的设备。设备包括了包括透光透镜的壳体外壳。设置有可见波长光源，用于引导可见光穿过壳体外壳并穿过透光透镜出射到道路表面上。设置有不可见波长光源，用于引导不可见光穿过壳体外壳并穿过透光透镜出射到道路表面上。设置有光接